Darkness Watching (The Darkworld Series Book 1) by Emma L. Adams

Author:Emma L. Adams [Adams, Emma L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781620073629
Publisher: Curiosity Quills Press
Published: 2013-10-08T23:00:00+00:00

Just after seven, I grabbed my coat and, steeling myself, left my room.

“Ash? Where’re you going?” David asked.

Shit. Why did it have to be him? “Um, Gaming Society social. In town.”

“Ah, right. I was wondering if you wanted to come to the bar with some of my mates, but if you’re busy, then that’s cool.”

“I won’t be out late. I’ll come join you then,” I said, even though I didn’t know when we’d be back.

“Well, have fun.” His smile looked forced, again.

“Bye,” I said. I felt a tad guilty. We hadn’t really talked in a while, not after our less-than-impressive trip to Redthorne. But I had to do this. This had better be worth it.

I waited for Claudia outside. Once again, rain poured down, forming puddles around the student village and dripping from roofs. I was beginning to think a dark rain cloud hovered permanently over the university, underneath the demon-proof shield.

“Hey.” Claudia snuck up beside me without my noticing. “You ready?”

“Not really,” I admitted.

“Well, you’d better get used to it. We rarely plan ahead. I don’t think Howard has any notion of what a plan is.”

I thought of his temper tantrum the week before. “Is he likely to make trouble?”

“Cyrus’ll keep him under control. Besides, he won’t hurt anyone with Berenice there.”

“Berenice? I thought she wasn’t coming.”

“She can’t stay out of stuff like this. Plus, she won’t let Howard go on his own.”

“Are those two like, together, then?” I said, thinking of her flirtatious behaviour earlier.

“Howard and Berenice? No, but they did have a one-night stand a few months ago, and she hasn’t been able to leave him alone since. He doesn’t seem that arsed about her, unless he’s pissed. Then they’re all over each other, and it’s revolting. But I don’t think the guy’s capable of understanding the meaning of a relationship. He’s kind of self-absorbed. Mind you, so’s she. So, in theory, they’re the perfect match.”

I thought of what Cyrus had said about magic-users being unstable. “Why do you hang out with him? I mean, he threw an Xbox controller at Leo’s head!”

“Howard gets into fights at least once a week. We’re used to it.”

“Jesus. You’d think he’d have been arrested by now.” I hesitated. “Has he?”

“No,” said Claudia. “Well, there have been a couple of close calls. He’s made a lot of enemies in the Venantium, but he’s learnt his lesson about picking fights with the venators, thankfully. Most of the time.”

“Good to know,” I said. “Is there any reason Berenice seems to hate me so much?”

“She hates everyone apart from Howard. Sorry she was such a bitch to you. I’ll get Howard to have a word. Maybe she’ll listen.”

“So she comes to meetings because of him?”

“Basically, yeah. But she hates the Venantium, too, even more than she hates demons. Sometimes I think she hates everything.”

“And have the shadow-beasts ever gone after her?” I thought of her pristine make-up and carefully straightened hair. I couldn’t picture her getting into fights with shadow-beasts. Though her acid tongue was enough of a weapon in itself.

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